Lavish Throb violet

Old French lavasse, downpour — sharing root with laver (to wash). As a color modifier, lavish implies a saturated-and-extravagant quality where the hue spills over its visual boundaries with luxurious pigmentation. Sits at the bold-and-saturated end of the grid, parallel to opulent and sumptuous in usage.

Middle English throbben, to-beat-strongly. As a color modifier, throb implies a pulsing-and-beating-and-rhythmic quality, the visual register of racing-pulse-and-temple-throb hand-pulsing-and-beating-and-rhythmic racing-pulse-and-temple-throb-and-heartbeat throbbed-and-pulsing-and-beating-and-rhythmic surfaces under racing-pulse-and-temple-throb-and-heartbeat fevered-and-quickened-and-rhythmic candlelit-bedside-light. Sits at the modifier-and-mood end of the grid, parallel to pang and pulse in usage.

Viola odorata, the European sweet violet — small, fragrant, and the original meaning of the color name in English (the Violet of the rainbow). The color refers to a fresh sweet violet blossom in late winter: a saturated, slightly red-shifted deep blue-purple with the matte finish of small five-petaled flower. Cooler than amethyst, warmer than indigo, with the perfumed weight of a flower used in Roman garlands and Victorian eau de toilette.